Indian Troops crackdown in IOK injure hundreds including women and children

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ISLAMABAD: (APP) Hundreds of people in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) including women, girls and children were injured, many of them critically, due to the use of brute force by Indian troops on peaceful protesters across the territory on Friday.

Defying curfew and other restrictions, people in large numbers took to the streets in Srinagar, Ganderbal, Kangan, Badgam, Beerwah, Bandipore, Hajin, Ajas, Sumbal, Kupwara, Islamabad, Bijbehara, Baramulla, Sopore, Pattan, Pulwama,

Indian police arrested several Hurriyet leaders and activists including Muhammad Abdullah Tari during a protest in Hyderpora area of Srinagar.

Mobile and Internet services were suspended while Srinagar's historic Jamia Masjid, Imambargah Badgam and other major mosques of the territory were sealed by the authorities and people could not offer Juma prayers.

On the other hand, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a joint statement have called for Referendum March to the Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Saturday and Sunday.